The wolf mask recorder is a reproduction of an instrument used in bio-acoustic research at the Animal Sound Archive in Berlin, where the skull of a dead wolf was re-built into a recorder.
In this installation the mask is connected to a loop pedal, continuously recording and amplifying the live sounds in the room. The installation is accompanied by an anecdotal text, describing Maria’s (real life) meeting with the scientist Karl.
In the durational performance, Maria wears the mask, taking on the role of a scientist doing field recordings around Sydhavn Station.
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Sydhavn Station
Sydhavn Station
Facts
Maria Lepistö is a Swedish artist who has spent over a decade experimenting with the human voice and animal sounds.
Her education includes a mix of science, sound studies and art. Maria graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2022 and is currently researching bioacoustics from an artistic perspective. Her work is interdisciplinary and often involves sound and oral storytelling - the last two years her practice is focused on her ongoing quest of learning how to howl and growl like a wolf.